AMD Radeon™ Dual Graphics Cards

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The Power of Radeon™

Push graphics and gaming performance to the extreme with the power of two – AMD Radeon™ Dual Graphics

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Overview

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Get the power of two when you purchase an AMD A-Series Accelerated Processor (APU) based PC with an AMD Radeon™ discrete graphics card. Only AMD Radeon™ Dual Graphics combines two powerful Radeon™ graphics processors to provide the ultimate gaming performance boost when you need it. Experience gaming at high resolutions with superior image quality and visual performance when you combine a compatible AMD APU with select AMD Radeon™ graphics in an AMD Dual Graphics configuration.

*May not be applicable to all product and graphics device pairings. For more information if AMD Dual Graphics is supported on your configuration please contact the manufacturer.

FAQ

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Q1: What is AMD Radeon™ Dual Graphics?

A1: AMD Radeon™ Dual Graphics is an innovative technology exclusive to AMD platforms that allows AMD APUs and select AMD Radeon™ discrete GPUs to work together. When combined, the platform delivers stunning quality and performance capabilities that are better than either device alone.

Q3: I just bought an AMD Radeon™ graphics card. How do I configure my PC to take advantage of AMD Radeon™ Dual Graphics?

A3: To take advantage of AMD Radeon™ Dual Graphics, you must use a compatible AMD A-Series APU to pair with your supported AMD Radeon™ graphics card. After installation of your graphics card, visit the AMD Graphics Drivers and Software Page, to download and install the latest AMD graphics drivers. After driver installation, the option to enable AMD Radeon™ Dual Graphics should become available in the AMD Catalyst Control Center or the Radeon Settings page in Radeon Software Crimson Edition.

Once installed, go into the “Performance” section of the AMD Catalyst Control Center or go to the “Gaming, Global Options” tab in Radeon Settings and toggle the AMD Crossfire™ technology option to “On” or “Enable Crossfire™”. This will allow the AMD A-Series APU graphics to work in tandem with the select AMD Radeon™ GPU installed for increased graphics performance.

Q4: Where do I plug my monitor in to get the best performance when using AMD Radeon™ Dual Graphics technology?

A4: For best performance, AMD recommends plugging the display into your fastest GPU. This will ensure that even applications that do not take advantage of AMD Radeon™ Dual Graphics will still be able to run on the faster graphics card in your system. We recommend that you plug your monitor into the AMD Radeon™ GPU with the higher model number. If that is your APU, plug into the motherboard, if it is your discrete graphics card, plug into that.

Q5: Why doesn’t my game run faster on AMD Dual Graphics?

A5: AMD Radeon™ Dual Graphics was designed for the latest DirectX® levels to focus on providing an optimal user experience on the latest games and technologies. AMD encourages users to take advantage of these and numerous other innovations that have come to market recently by upgrading system hardware.

AMD Radeon™ graphics, found in both AMD A-Series APUs and discrete Radeon graphics cards, are designed to deliver the best possible experiences. As such, AMD Dual Graphics performance increase is applicable to select DirectX® 10 and later applications. For DirectX® 9 applications, the combined performance will be disabled and the fastest graphics engine will be utilized to deliver the amazing speed and performance synonymous with AMD Radeon™ graphics.

A6: AMD Radeon™ Dual Graphics will support AMD Eyefinity technology as long as your discrete GPU supports AMD Eyefinity technology1 and monitors are plugged into the discrete GPU outputs.

Q7: With a multi-monitor setup, why do some of the displays become disabled when I enable AMD Radeon™ Dual Graphics?

A7: AMD Radeon™ Dual Graphics is a form of AMD CrossFireX technology, and, with the current solution, only displays from the “master” graphics device (the one that monitors are plugged into) are available. The other displays are disabled. To ensure your displays remain available, make sure to connect your displays to the “master” graphics device.

The "master" device settings can be found in the AMD Catalyst Control Centre under the "Information, Hardware" tab or in Radeon Settings under the "System, Hardware" tab.

Additional hardware (e.g. HD or 4K monitor, USB 3.0 ports, wirelessly enabled HDTV) and/or software (e.g. multimedia applications and/or Wi-Fi access) are required for the full enablement of some features. HD/4K video display requires an HD/4K video source. Not all features may be supported on all components or systems - check with your component or system manufacturer for specific model capabilities and supported technologies.